Improvement in pocket-books



UNITED STATES PATENT EEIGE.

GABRIEL STRAUSS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN POCKET-BOOKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 160,126, dated February 23, 1875; application led January 27, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GABRIEL STEAUss, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Pocket- Book, of which the following is a specification:

rlhe object of this invention is to produce a pocketbook or porte-monnaie which can, at the will of its owner, be separated into distinct parts and reunited into a single receptacle.

For travellers who are obliged to carry large amounts of money with them it will be desirable to separate the bank-notes of higher value from the book containing what is necessary for current expenses, and to confine them in a place of greater safety; all of which can, under my invention, be done with one single pocket-book, which may be used as a single book Whenever the special occasion for sepa rating its parts does not exist.

My invention consists in making a pocketbook of two parts, each capable of constitut ing a receptacle for money, Sto., one part having a projecting tlap' that can be drawn through a slit or loopin the other part, and then closed or secured to unite the two books, all as hereinafter more fully described.

I n the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a face view of the united book, showing it partly open; Fig. 2, a face View Yof one of its parts, having the slit or loop 5 Fig. 3, a face view oft-he other part, having the projecting hap. Fig. 4 is a cross-section through the whole book, showing it open, and how its parts may be joined; and Fig. 5 is a face View of the whole book when closed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Ain the drawing is one part, and B the other part, of myimproved pocket-book. The part A is provided with pockets a c, or other suitable receptacles for money, and has a closingap, d, which can be closed by an elastic strap, b, or otherwise. The part B has, also, suitable pockets and bill-receptacles, and is shown to be a plain bill-receptacle, though its arrangements forholdin g money maybe ofs uitablekind. It also has a closing-flap, e, which can be fastened closed byasuitable catch or lock, f, strap, or other suitable means. Thus each part may be a pocket-book for itself. rlhe part A has a slit or loop, g, formed at its front, back, or

other part, through whicll slit or loop the liap e of the book B may be drawn, in manner clearly shown in Figs. l and 4.

When the books A B are thus united they will forni one single book, whichwill be useful for the ordinary objects of a business man. But for extraordinary occasions, where great caution is required, and for other purposes, the book may be separated into two books, each to be used as a receptacle.

The flap c may., when it is drawn through the loop g of the bookA,be closed or fastened by its lock f or other fastening, so that thus the parts will be secured together, and the part B at-the same time closed.

NVhen the parts A B are united the whole book will be closed by the flap d and fastening b of the part A.

I do not confine myself to the junction of the two parts A B by llap and slit, as shown, as it can also be effected by hooks and eyes, locks, catches, or other suitable connection.

I claim as my invention- 1. A pocket-book composed of two parts, A and B, which may be separated to constitute, eacha distinct pocket-book, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The book B, having the ilap e, combined with the book A, having a slit or loop for the reception of the flap c, substantially as herein shown and described.

GABRIEL STRAUSS. Witnesses E. C. WEBB, F. V. BEiEsEN. 

